Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 39

Thinking of what Du Chensheng said to send her to study, her eyes lit up, she checked the doors and windows, and made sure they were all closed, then she got under the bed, took out the Four Treasures of the Study and the manuscript, and continued to write her script until Hearing the voices of Mrs. Chen and her sisters, she stopped writing.

Mrs. Chen and the others came back with many planks on their backs.

Originally, the wood on the mountain had to be dried for a period of time before it could be sawed and planed into boards, but Mrs. Chen often went to help others carry the wood. When people knew about her situation, they directly replaced her wood with dry boards. Help her fix the mortise and tenon joints, and when she returns home, she can directly tap and put them together a few times.

As for Yao's side, she had already been ordered by her mother-in-law to cook meals for the third room and the others at night. Telling her to treat the third house better in the future made Yao shi confused, and at the same time, he wondered whether the wind direction at home had changed.

Seeing Mrs. Chen come back with so many wooden planks this time, she couldn't help instigating loudly in the yard: "Hey, where did my brother and sister get rich and buy so many wooden planks and come back? Could it be that they went up the mountain to pick up silver?" gone?"

Sure enough, as soon as he heard the words "facai" and "silver", Mrs. Niu walked out of the house and looked at the wooden board that Mrs. Chen and the others were carrying.

Yao shi looked at her mother-in-law, and then at the third roommate, her eyes flickered, waiting to see Niu shi's attitude.

"Second Aunt, you are the one who got rich. I watched you hide a piece of silver in a crack in the wall yesterday." Du Fangling responded.

She hates Yao shi the most.Although Du Chensheng and Niu Shi didn't want to see them, but if Yao Shi didn't instigate them, they would at most turn a blind eye to the third house.It was because of Yao's constant pickiness that they were often beaten, scolded and punished.To say that Du Chensheng and Niu Shi were dissatisfied with the third room because of their son's death, but Yao Shi's actions were purely vicious by nature and shameless.

As for whether Yao's money was hidden in the cracks in the wall, that was out of her control.If Mrs. Niu can't find it, it can only mean that Mrs. Yao transferred the money, and it's not her talking nonsense.

"What nonsense are you talking about? Who hid the money in the cracks in the wall?" Yao Shi was furious when he heard this, but felt guilty in his heart.

She really hid the silver in the hole in the wall.

But how did the third girl know about this?
As expected, Niu's eyes turned to Yao's.

She knows that the oil and salt that Xiao Sanfang usually eats, even the clothes, shoes and socks she wears, and the boards used to mend the dilapidated cowshed, are all bought by the third daughter-in-law to carry logs for others.As long as the third daughter-in-law does not hide a penny of private money, she will turn a blind eye to these things and let them go.

If she doesn't allow the third housekeeper to do these things, they have to ask her for them.After all, the family's fields are cultivated by the mother and daughter of the third house, but all the rice and grain are taken home. Chen and the others have no oil, salt to eat, no clothes to wear, so it should be from the family.Besides, if there is no oil and salt to eat, the body will have no strength to work.This in and out, which is more important, she is such a shrewd old lady, so she can figure it out clearly.

But the matter of the second daughter-in-law's private possession of money is serious. This is definitely a challenge to her authority as the old lady in charge.As the head of the family, and an old lady who values ​​money more than anything else, she has never allowed her daughter-in-law to hide private money in her hands.

"Did you take it out on your own initiative or should I search it myself?" She asked Yao Shi.

"Mother, I really didn't hide any money for myself. Don't listen to the third girl's nonsense. She just doesn't like us, and wants to drive a wedge between our mother-in-law and daughter-in-law." Seeing that Niu believed it was true, Yao's heart panicked, and he quickly cursed at the sky. swear an oath.

Niu Shi ignored her, and went directly into Yao Shi and Du Yunnian's house.

Normally, she might just let Yao Shi go.The eldest daughter-in-law is from the city, and she doesn't go back to the old house a few times throughout the year, so she can't rely on her; the third daughter-in-law has been treated harshly for so many years, it's fine if the third daughter-in-law doesn't hate their elders. It's useless to rely on her.Only the second daughter-in-law, although she is lazy, greedy, and troublesome, she still respects her and the old man all these years.Treating her better now, when she gets old and suffers from illness, she can also take care of their elders.

But she just learned that Du Chensheng was going to send Du Jinning to school. Although Shuxiu might not be required, buying books and the four treasures of the study...all of these would cost money, wouldn't they?Where does the money come from?If I don't get some from the second daughter-in-law at this time, her heart will be hurt to death.

In order to comfort her wounded heart, she couldn't care whether the second daughter-in-law lived or died.

After entering the room, her copper-bell-like eyes swept into the room, and she began to tap on the wall. After a while, she pulled out a brick from the wall, and then stretched her hand in. A brick weighed about a penny Broken silver appeared in her hand.

Niu didn't give up, and continued to knock on the wall.

When Yao shi saw it, he almost fainted. First, he felt sorry for his own money, and second, he was afraid of his mother-in-law's punishment.

Hearing the movement, Du Jinning, who came over to watch the excitement, was startled when he saw this.She hid the money in the hole in the wall, thinking it was safe, but she didn't expect that the hole in the wall was the place where everyone wanted to hide the money together.

She was worried that Mrs. Niu would knock on their room after knocking on the wall of the second room. Seeing that Mrs. Yao and Mrs. Chen were watching Mrs. Niu looking for money, she quickly pretended not to be interested in the crowd and went back to her room.

In order not to arouse the suspicion of Niu and Du Chensheng, she didn't dare to close the door.Fortunately, the wall tiles where she put the silver are in the dead corner of the inner corner, so you can't see it from the outside unless you enter the house.She quickly pulled out the bricks, took out all the silver and the remaining copper coins, stuffed the bricks, and then turned out the window, hiding all the silver and copper coins in the grass in the back lane.

After turning back into the house, she grabbed the "Book of Filial Piety" in her hand and went out to watch the fun again.

At this time, the Niu family next door has successfully extracted four bricks while Yao's wailing all the way, and harvested two silver coins and 120 five Wen copper coins.

Yao shi lost his money and had to face punishment, so he hated Du Fangling to the core.

Her method of revenge is also simple and rude: "Mother, mother, the third room also has it, and the third room also has it. I saw that the third sibling also hid money. I don't know if it is on her, or it is hidden in their room."

Hearing this, Du Fangfei and Du Fanghui were fine, but Chen Shi and Du Fangling were shocked.

Did they know that Du Jinning still had sixty coins on him.If found by Niu Shi, what awaited them would be one day of punishment and two days of starvation.

(End of this chapter)